Bears Women v Yorkshire (h): Vitality Blast preview

Warwickshire Bears Women entertain Yorkshire at Edgbaston Stadium on Sunday 5 July, looking to continue their fine run of form. Play gets under way at 11:30am as part of another Sunday double-header at The People’s Home of Cricket. Here’s all you need to know… Team news Bears Women have named a 13-player squad for the visit of Yorkshire, with the playing XI set to be announced at the toss. Bears squad: Georgia Davis, Em Arlott, Hannah Baker, Sophie Beech, Phoebe Brett, Chloe Brewer, Abbey Freeborn, Katie George, Georgia Redmayne, Amu Surenkumar, Mary Taylor, Millie Taylor, Nat Wraith. Current form drag embedded asset published Georgia Redmayne (4) What a turnaround from the Bears since the Blast returned. Three wins from three have kept their slim hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the competition alive. It all started with a dominant 42-run victory over Surrey at Edgbaston at the end of June. That was followed by a nerve-shredding one-run win away against Lancashire last Sunday, before they returned to Edgbaston on Wednesday, toppling Essex by five wickets in a low-scoring game. With several players finding form with the bat, and the bowling unit able to restrict runs in recent outings, the Bears are playing their best cricket of the season. In contrast, Yorkshire are still searching for their first win of the competition having endured a testing run of fixtures. While they have yet to register a victory, they have been close to getting over the line on several occasions. Their season-opening game against The Blaze was decided with three balls remaining and they missed out against Essex by just three runs. Previous meetings drag embedded asset published Warwickshire Bears (2) This will be the first meeting between the two teams in the Vitality Blast. Yorkshire didn’t feature in last year’s inaugural season of the women’s tournament however were added to the Tier 1 competition for 2026 following the ECB’s annual county-by-county review. The teams have met once this season, doing so in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. On that occasion at Scarborough, it was the Bears that came out on top, winning by three wickets as they successfully chased down 239 for victory. Players to watch drag embedded asset published Amu Surenkumar (4) Amu Surenkumar Amu Surenkumar produced an outstanding spell in Wednesday’s victory over Essex, running through their top order to put the Bears in control. The right arm pace bowler took two wickets in an over, and ended with figures of three for 22 from her three overs. Georgia Redmayne A match-winning 43 not out in the Bears’ last fixture saw Georgia Redmayne help her side to a third successive win. The Australian has found form over the last few weeks, registering her first 50 of the campaign against Hampshire before last Wednesday’s winning knock. Jess Jonassen (Yorkshire) Jess Jonassen is Yorkshire’s leading run-scorer in the competition, and the Bears are all too familiar with her qualities at the top of the order. The Australian scored a brilliant 110 off 102 balls when the two teams met in the One Day Cup in May. The left-handed batter is also a quality operator with the ball.

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Play gets under way at 11:30am as part of another Sunday double-header at The People’s Home of Cricket. Here’s all you need to know…

Team news

Bears Women have named a 13-player squad for the visit of Yorkshire, with the playing XI set to be announced at the toss.

Bears squad: Georgia Davis, Em Arlott, Hannah Baker, Sophie Beech, Phoebe Brett, Chloe Brewer, Abbey Freeborn, Katie George, Georgia Redmayne, Amu Surenkumar, Mary Taylor, Millie Taylor, Nat Wraith.

Current form

What a turnaround from the Bears since the Blast returned. Three wins from three have kept their slim hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the competition alive.

It all started with a dominant 42-run victory over Surrey at Edgbaston at the end of June. That was followed by a nerve-shredding one-run win away against Lancashire last Sunday, before they returned to Edgbaston on Wednesday, toppling Essex by five wickets in a low-scoring game.

With several players finding form with the bat, and the bowling unit able to restrict runs in recent outings, the Bears are playing their best cricket of the season.

Yorkshire arrive to Edgbaston playing their best cricket of the year following a torrid start to their first T20 Blast campaign. They registered their first win of the season on Friday, winning by 11 runs in a high-scoring game against Somerset. They've also been close on several other occasions to victory, narrowly missing out in their season-opening game against The Blaze which was decided decided with three balls remaining, before they missed out against Essex by just three runs.

Previous meetings

This will be the first meeting between the two teams in the Vitality Blast. Yorkshire didn’t feature in last year’s inaugural season of the women’s tournament however were added to the Tier 1 competition for 2026 following the ECB’s annual county-by-county review.

The teams have met once this season, doing so in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. On that occasion at Scarborough, it was the Bears that came out on top, winning by three wickets as they successfully chased down 239 for victory.

Players to watch

Amu Surenkumar

Amu Surenkumar produced an outstanding spell in Wednesday’s victory over Essex, running through their top order to put the Bears in control. The right arm pace bowler took two wickets in an over, and ended with figures of three for 22 from her three overs.

Georgia Redmayne

A match-winning 43 not out in the Bears’ last fixture saw Georgia Redmayne help her side to a third successive win. The Australian has found form over the last few weeks, registering her first 50 of the campaign against Hampshire before last Wednesday’s winning knock.

Jess Jonassen (Yorkshire)

Jess Jonassen is Yorkshire’s leading run-scorer in the competition, and the Bears are all too familiar with her qualities at the top of the order. The Australian scored a brilliant 110 off 102 balls when the two teams met in the One Day Cup in May. The left-handed batter is also a quality operator with the ball.